I'm sure this question has been answered before, but I just can't find it in the forums.

My blinkies always seem to look "cut in half". I can't figure out how to fix them. They are well within the size limits for the site, so it isn't that. I've tried taking them off and re-posting them, but it stays the same. There also seems to be a huge blank space between the text of the message and the blinkie, even if there isn't anything posted there.

All I have now is one little dancing bird, but he's still cut in half. Can anyone explain to me how to fix this? Many thanks!

Yep, do what Julie said and to to your text box and make sure it's only got one line if anything of writing there and also hit your delete key a bunch of times to make sure it's empty. Then try it again.